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DUTTON RANCH – Review by Susan Granger

May 26, 2026May 31, 2026 Susan Granger annette bening, Chad Feeham, Cole Hauser, Dutton Ranch, Finn Little, Kelly Reilly, Taylor Sheridan

Attention: Yellowstone fans: Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser return as indomitable Beth Dutton and her husband Rip Wheeler in the new Dutton Ranch. When a ferocious wildfire destroys their Montana home, Beth and Rip, along with their adoptive son Carter (Finn Little) take off for Rio Paloma in South Texas, just north of the Mexican border. That’s where they buy a small ranch – 5,000 acres with 175 head of purebred Black Angus cattle – that belonged to the Edwards family

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MARSHALS – Review by Susan Granger

April 3, 2026April 5, 2026 awfj-admin Arielle Kebbel, Logan Marshall-Green, Luke Grimes, Marshals, Spencer Hudnut, Taylor Sheridan

Taylor Sheridan’s hit neo-Western series Yellowstone ended with Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) selling the Dutton ranch for a nominal fee to Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham) and the Broken Rock Indian Reservation, keeping a small parcel, known as East Camp, for himself, his Native wife Monica (Kelsey Asbille) and their son Tate (Brecken Merrill). Set awhile later, Marshals begins as Kayce’s old Navy SEAL buddy, Pete Calvin (Logan Marshall-Green), asks him to join a Montana-based tactical unit that’s part of the U.S. Marshals.

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LAWMEN: BASS REEVES – Review by Susan Granger

June 24, 2024June 24, 2024 Susan Granger barry pepper, David Oyelowo, donald sutherland, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, paramount, Shea Whigham, Taylor Sheridan, Western series

After the resounding success of Yellowstone and its two prequels (1883, 1923), Taylor Sheridan produced another Western series: Lawmen: Bass Reeves. Interweaving fact with fiction, its eight episodes follow the first Black deputy U.S. Marshall who served west of the Mississippi River. Currently vying for Emmy consideration as a limited/anthology series, its compelling lead actor is versatile David Oyelowo (Selma).

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THE YELLOWSTONE TRILOGY – Review by Susan Granger

January 18, 2023July 7, 2023 Susan Granger John Linson, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Costner, series, Taylor Sheridan, tim mcgraw, Wes Bentley, Yellowstone

With Yellowstone currently wrangling its fifth successful season, its creators – Taylor Sheridan and John Linson – have lured audiences once again into the interconnected Big Sky mythology of the American West, as epitomized by the dysfunctional Dutton dynasty. The Dutton family has owned the Yellowstone since 1883. That prequel series detailed their westward journey from Texas in a wagon train, showing how John Dutton’s great-grandfather, Civil War veteran James and his wife Margaret founded the Dutton ranch on a spot of land chosen by their daughter Elsa for her gravesite.

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YELLOWSTONE – Review by Susan Granger

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Susan Granger 1883, 1932, Cole Hauser, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Costner, Paramount Network, Taylor Sheridan, Yellowstone

Now in its fourth season, Kevin Costner’s wildly successful, Western melodrama Yellowstone is a powerful geyser that keeps spewing off sequels. Created by Taylor Sheridan, the Paramount Network’s saga revolves around gruff Montana cattle king John Dutton’s battle to keep his sprawling Yellowstone Ranch out of the hands of wealthy land developers. At his side are his hellcat daughter/lawyer Beth and her husband/foreman Rip Wheeler, who brands devoted ranch hands with a “Y.”

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WIND RIVER — Review by Susan Granger

August 24, 2017August 24, 2017 Susan Granger 0 Comments elizabeth olsen, Taylor Sheridan, wind river

On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, “Wind River” is a powerful, action-packed 8, concluding with the distressing

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SICARIO: Where’s the Awards Love? – Candice Frederick comments

January 10, 2016March 2, 2021 Candice Frederick 0 Comments beinicio del toro, Denis Villeneuve, emily blunt, roger deakins, Sicario, Taylor Sheridan

Sicario is absolutely brilliant. The cinematography (shout out to the great Roger Deakins), the acting (literally, every cast member adds

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, September 14-September 20: SICARIO

September 14, 2015September 21, 2015 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments benicio del toro, Denis Villeneuve, emily blunt, leba hertz, Pam Grady, Sandra Kraisirideja, Sicario, Taylor Sheridan

Opening September 2, the AWFJ Movie of the Week is Sicario, which stars the exceptional Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow, Into the Woods) as an idealistic FBI agent who finds herself in the middle of the escalating war on drugs taking place on the border between America and Mexico.. Read on…